Table 1.

Ideal career progression from graduation to completion of specialty training under MMC

Year after graduation	Grade	Details
1	FY1	4-month rotations in medical and surgical specialities
2	FY2
Formal application process/competitive entry
3, 4	ST1	4 or 6 monthly postings in accident and emergency, general surgery, orthopaedics,
	ST2	vascular, cardiac, plastic surgery, paediatric surgery, ITU and neurosurgery
MRCS examinations
5–8	ST3	Trauma and orthopaedics
	ST4
	ST5
	ST6	After ST6, eligible to sit FRCS(Orth) specialty examinations
FRCS(Orth) examinations
9, 10	ST7	Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)
	ST8	Subspecialty fellowship in UK or abroad
Formal application/competitive entry
11	Consultant	Independent practitioner